Viss2026: the year people realize critical thinking is in fact critical.
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Your first good idea shared doubles it reach. Lead with your heart to help others and watch your life exponentially grow! Remember to be kind, we’re all progressing along our own journey. Im here to learn, connect ideas and help support new people. Inspired by this community and looking where to contribute.
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TutaReady to #deGoogle 💯 per cent?
We've reviewed the top five smartphones that help you go Google-free in 2026.
@volla
@Fairphone
@murena
#SHIFTphone
#Punkt
Which one is your favorite?
Nanoraptor
Per AxbomI have to say, the Bluesky bridge is confusing for me(!)
I don't use it myself but sometimes I respond to posts and only realise much later it was from a bridge account, in which case the user may or my not see my reply. I certainly don't see my reply on Bluesky. Same thing can happen vice versa.
I don't want a compulsory opt-in to another service, I want the AT and ActivityPub protocols to be compatible. In lieu of that the bridge accounts need to be a lot more obvious in their presentation.
Right now I'm not sure if the brid.gy service makes things better or worse but it feels like the latter to me.
I don't use it myself but sometimes I respond to posts and only realise much later it was from a bridge account, in which case the user may or my not see my reply. I certainly don't see my reply on Bluesky. Same thing can happen vice versa.
I don't want a compulsory opt-in to another service, I want the AT and ActivityPub protocols to be compatible. In lieu of that the bridge accounts need to be a lot more obvious in their presentation.
Right now I'm not sure if the brid.gy service makes things better or worse but it feels like the latter to me.
Windy city 
Sometime around the 2020 era, we lost the right to be mediocre at things we love.
No longer can you just bake bread...you must start a sourdough side hustle lol. Wanna stay fit and go jogging or running? Nah, you gotta optimize your biometrics for a marathon. What my point is that every hobby has been enshittified and gentrified into a brand opportunity.
This strange infatuation with optimization culture is killing the human spirit.
So this new year, starting tomorrow, one of my resolutions is to do something bad but fun. Maybe I write a terrible poem. I like to draw and paint, so perhaps I will draw a horse that looks like a table or sing off-key in the showers or in front of my loved ones. The algorithm driving the mainstream social media wants me to be a polished product, but my humanity lives in these messy, unoptimized, cringe-inducing joyful failures.
I will try to reclaim the right to be an amateur. Will you join me?
#creativity #hobbies #art #depression #socialmedia #newyear #resolution #happynewyear #MentalHealth #Culture #enshittification #creative #design #writing #reading #books #drawing #music #gardening #nature #running #fitness
Karen SandlerAnd if you don't ask us questions about #SFC or #softwarefreedom, I may ask you questions!
Anything is fair game - have any questions about @outreachy? The Vizio case? #GPL enforcement? Our member projects? Being a #cyborg?
Passwords. We all hear “make them strong,” but here’s the real deal: SIZE matters.
A longer password isn’t just better; it’s exponentially harder to crack.
Upgrade your security and better protect your digital identity:
✅️ Create strong and unique passwords.
✅️ Store them in a password manager.
Learn more here: https://tuta.com/blog/minimum-password-length
JA WestenbergWe have "growth hackers" but no "stability hackers." "Disruptors" but no "preservers." Our entire vocabulary is oriented toward the new. We have no language for the equally difficult work of keeping existing things from falling apart.
https://www.joanwestenberg.com/the-rime-of-the-ancient-maintainer/
Em 
Can you imagine if the billionaire tech bros were spending all their energy developing solutions to clean the planet and distribute resources better instead of incessantly enshittifying our lives and trying to devaluate labour?
What a different world that would be.
I wish them all a Ghosts-of-Christmas experience.
Max LeibmanMastodon may be the only online service I use literally every day that clears the admittedly low bar of not being engineered to extract anything from me.